Channel Road Inn

amed by the readers of Sunset Magazine as one of the best Bed & Breakfast Inns in the West, the Channel Road Inn is located in rustic Santa Monica Canyon just one block from the beach. All 14 rooms in this historic home are richly decorated and all have private baths. Some rooms have blue ocean views, two have fireplaces, some have sun warmed decks or patios; all offer telephones, cable television, fine, crisp linens and a respite from the hectic outside world. A flowering hillside garden Jacuzzi and bicycles for exploring the 30 mile ocean side bike path are both available for guests' enjoyment. Several of the city's well-known restaurants are within walking distance and the famous John Paul Getty Art Museum is just up the Coast Highway.

Guests enter the Inn through massive Colonial Revival doors and proceed to the elegant living room furnished to evoke images of a Santa Monica home in the early 1920's. Guests can then enjoy the sunny, well stocked library. Wine and cheese are served here every afternoon, or beside the blazing fire in the living room. The aroma of rich strong coffee or warm baked goods are most noticeable from the handsome breakfast room which overlooks the brightly flowering hillside.

Each of the fourteen guestrooms is decorated differently; some have antique pine four poster beds, or white wicker; many have appliqued lace bed coverings, and others have authentic Amish quilts in unusual patterns. All the rooms are exceptional and guests return again and again either to their own favorite or anxious to try a different room. In time, the Inn becomes the home of each guest as they bring and leave a part of themselves here.

This house was built in 1910 for the family of Thomas McCall. The home was originally located on Second Street in Santa Monica and was designed by architect, Frank Kegley. As a rare West Coast example of Shingle Clad Colonial Revival Architecture, the McCall House is listed in many architectural guide books.

Thomas McCall was quite a colorful personality. Born in Scotland in 1855, he emigrated to Texas in the 1880's where he amassed a fortune in oil and cattle interests. He and his wife, Helen moved to Santa Monica in 1909 with their six daughters. Sadly, Helen died before the house was completed but Thomas moved in with the girls. Thomas McCall died in 1941 yet today he is still clearly remembered by his family and the civic organizations and golf course he established. Photographs of the McCalls have been lovingly placed throughout the house by their descendants.

After daughter Mary's death in 1962, the house was purchased and moved to its present location and a third story was added. But the construction was not completed and the McCall house stood here abandoned for twelve years, ravaged by weather and vagrants. Miraculously, it has survived. We, with a group of our friends, bought the house in 1988, and now invite you to turn back the calendar and join in sharing the Thomas McCall legacy.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES:

• One block from the beach in Santa Monica Canyon
• Twenty minutes from the airport, twenty-five minutes from downtown
• Close to the Getty Museum, Santa Monica Pier, Will Rogers Park
• Ten minutes from Pepperdine University or UCLA
• Minutes from the business and residential communities of Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica, Brentwood, Malibu, Westwood, Beverly Hills and Century City
• Walking distance to several well-known restaurants; a short drive to the city's finest shops, museums, and more restaurants